European journal of pain : EJP

The most recent articles from: Eur J Pain August 2007

Eur J Pain · Aug 2007

Randomized Controlled Trial

Intravenous ketoprofen as an adjunct to patient-controlled analgesia morphine in adolescents with thoracic surgery: a placebo controlled double-blinded study.

Surgery to correct pectus deformities entail substantial destruction of the thoracic skeleton and thus may cause significant postoperative pain. ⋯ Intravenous ketoprofen in adjunct to PCA morphine provided a significant opioid sparing effect and improved analgesia in children having chest wall correction surgery.

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